Flavoxate Indication.
For symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency and incontinence as may occur in cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis/urethrotrigonitis.
Flavoxate Contraindications.
Flavoxate is contraindicated in patients who have any of the following obstructive conditions: pyloric or duodenal obstruction, obstructive intestinal lesions or ileus, achalasia, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and obstructive uropathies of the lower urinary tract.
Flavoxate Prescription.
Flavoxate is prescribed to relieve painful, frequent, or nighttime urination and urgency that may occur with infections of the prostate, bladder, or kidneys. The drug works by relaxing the muscles involved with urination. However, flavoxate is not an antibiotic; it does not cure infections.
A drug that has been used in various urinary syndromes and as an antispasmodic. Its therapeutic usefulness and its mechanism of action are not clear. It may have local anesthetic activity and direct relaxing effects on smooth muscle as well as some activity as a muscarinic antagonist.
How should Flavoxate be used?
Flavoxate comes as a tablet. Flavoxate usually is taken three or four times a day. Flavoxate may be taken with or without food.
Flavoxate is a spasmolytic flavone derivative that acts by relaxing the smooth muscle in the urinary tract. Flavoxate is a competitive muscarinic receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of overactive bladder with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and urinary frequency. Muscarinic receptors play an important role in several major cholin-ergically mediated functions, including contractions of urinary bladder smooth muscle and stimulation of salivary secretion.
Flavoxate side effects.
- blurred vision;
- confusion (especially in the elderly);
- dry mouth or throat;
- eye pain;
- fast or irregular heartbeat;
- increased sensitivity of your eyes to light;
- severe dizziness or drowsiness;
- skin rash;
- sore throat with fever;
- upset stomach;
- vomiting;
